Bird’s-Eye View: Rob Rasmussen
Rob Rasmussen Position: LHP Height/Weight: 5’9″ 160 lb. Born: April 2 1989 (Age 24) (PCL – AAA – 2013) 12g 10gs 0-7 6.46era 54.1ip 64h 10hr 32bb 37so (SOULL – AA – 2013) 16g 14gs 3-4 2.55era 81.1ip 60h 5hr 28bb 76so Overview: Traded along with backup catcher Erik Kratz from the Phillies in exchange for Blue Jays reliever Brad Lincoln. Background Not quite a journeyman even by baseball standards...
Prospect Showdown: American League West
It’s Black Friday and shoppers won’t be the only ones looking for deals in the near offing. Restless baseball fans sitting through a slow start to the offseason will also be waiting for some trades to happen, hopefully in advance of next week’s winter meetings. If you’ll recall in Parts I and II of my feature I discussed prospects from the AL East and Central who could find themselves the subjects of such...
The Expendables
If you’re wondering why my first two prospect features have been named after Hollywood B movies, it’s because the prospects I plan on discussing are not of the primetime variety (at least not yet). B movies are by definition unheralded, less-publicized, intended as a second feature on a double bill. The same also seems to hold true of some prospects. If you’ll recall in Part I of the feature called “The Other...
The Other Guys
T he offseason isn’t even fully underway yet and already the Hot Stove is heating up with the list of prominent names being discussed in trade rumors. David Price and Max Scherzer, Elvis Andrus and Troy Tulowitzki, Matt Kemp and even Toronto’s own Jose Bautista’s values are being gauged on the open market, if we are to believe certain reports. Whether or not any of these players actually move is difficult to predict,...
Blue Jays Prospect Tom Robson is a Freak
You probably know Tom Robson because he’s that Canadian guy that the Blue Jays drafted in the 4th round back in 2011. Coming into 2013, he wasn’t sexy enough to make any notable top 10/20 prospect lists for Toronto (John Sickels didn’t even give him an honourable mention on his top 20), but he had a really solid season this year. Split between Bluefield (rookie level) and Vancouver (A-), Robson had a 1.12 ERA, 6.6 K/9, and 2.94 K/BB...
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